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That was one of the things that drove me away from Windows. Coming to my desk in the morning to see my computer on not sleeping because it woke up to apply updates or some other shit pissed me off.
Just one of the many ways that with Windows, my computer didn't feel like I was in control of it anymore.
With Linux, I'm in complete control and it feels so good. Also knowing that I'm not giving out data just by using my computer is great. And FOSS is just cool.
It's such an underrated feature of desktop Linux. The fact that if I experience an issue with a piece of software, I could find the program's source code and browse issues to see if anyone had a shared experience. And if not, I could publicly submit an issue which the developers and other users/contributors could help resolve. And if you're brave/experienced enough, you can take a crack at fixing it yourself and potentially resolving the issue for other users!
On windows/macos which both fail to foster robust foss communities remotely comparable to Linux, the best option more often than not was sending an email to some support address that either never gets checked, or only replies with canned messages. After which you'll never know whatnif anything happened to your report.